Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)

The summary for the Rural Fire Assistance (RFA) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Region 1, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Rural Fire Assistance (RFA): The RFA program provides funds for RFDs that: .Protect rural, wildland-urban interface communities; .Play a substantial cooperative role in the protection of federal lands; .Are cooperators with the Department of the Interior (DOI) managed lands through cooperative agreements with the DOI, or their respective state, tribe, or equivalent; .Are less than 10,000 in population. .The required cost share amount for the recipient RFD will not exceed 10 percent of the amount awarded. The RFD must demonstrate the capability to meet cost share requirements Cooperator contribution may be contributed as in-kind services. Cooperator contribution may exceed, but not amount to less than 10 percent. Examples of in-kind services may include but are not limited to: facility use incurred by an RFD for hosting training courses, travel and per diem costs incurred by an RFD when personnel attend training courses, and administration costs related to purchasing RFA equipment and supplies. Funding or in-kind resources may not be derived from other federal funding programs. Additional information can be found at: http://www.nifc.gov/rfa.